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Title: PHP 4: A Beginner's Guide by William McCarty, Bill McCarty ISBN: 0-07-213371-6 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as bad as they say
Comment: The examples in this book are decent. It has a path from beginner to intermediate that is acceptable. I think its main setback is that it doesnt really get into how the data is being parsed based on the code you write. Something he doesnt explain in the book that I found out the hardway (getting laughed at by the geeks in efnet-#php) is that globals are not turned on by default. This book assumes they are and doesnt tell you what thats all about. I would recommened this book to someone who doesnt want to learn php, but is more interested in stealing some codebits to put some projects up quickly. While I refer to it from time to time, when I do, im usually looking for the mickey mouse approach which this book seems to embrace. I wonder if I am allowed to say mickey mouse in a review.
Rating: 5
Summary: clear and easy to understand
Comment: This is my first review. I don't normaly write them except that I found this book to be exactly what I was looking for. I needed to learn php and I had to do it on my own.I am a complete beginner in this area.
The chapters were clear and concise. The code was explained without 'over explaining" it.
There are small quizes in each section to help reinforce the learning.
I didn't find any problems with the source code.
If you're looking for a place to start with php I don't think you can find a better book.
Rating: 2
Summary: Condescending and Incomplete
Comment: I, for one, don't expect myself to know anything about a topic when I first start reading a book around it - especially when that book has the word 'Beginner' in the title. However, I DO expect the author to know quite a bit, and to pass on that knowledge. Others may find it excusable that, with recent releases of PHP (meaning 4.2.0 and later), the scripts in chapter four won't actually work with a default PHP configuration - but I don't. I found it infuriating to have such a result, especially since it took me about an hour to resolve. (Kudos to php.net's page on 'Using Register Globals' for explaining things.)
Also, what kind of author calls a project a 'Busy Box?!' C'mon. That's all I can say. C'mon. Osborne has put out some excellent books (such as Herb Schildt's C++ books), but this one is _not_ up to their standard. It's an easy read, and a reasonable way for an experienced programmer to pick up PHP quickly (aside from the aforementioned caveats), but there have GOT to be better books out there.
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Title: HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages by Ruth Maran ISBN: 0764534718 Publisher: Visual Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: PHP 4 Developer's Guide by Blake Schwendiman ISBN: 0072127317 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 12 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe ISBN: 1565926102 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Andy Harris ISBN: 1931841322 Publisher: Learning Express Pub. Date: 04 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference by Eric A. Meyer ISBN: 0072131780 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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